Loop buckle



July 5; 1 932.

R. J. 'HbGE 1,865,854

LOOP BUCKLE Filed July 26. 1930 HmBEm-r J HEDGE ATTY U N I TE BUCKLE COMPANY, OF WEST HAVEN, NECTICUT Application filed July 26,

This invention relates to loop buckles combining a button loop with a buckle adaptedto be adjustably mounted upon a strap from' which the device is suspended for a connective engagement with a button provided by a garment, or the like, thus supported by. the strap. I

The objects of the invention'are to provide integral button loop and buckle frame members having an operable clamping member mounted thereon for engagement with a strap threaded intothe buckle frame; to provide an integralbutton loop and buckle frame having teeth cooperating with an operable clamping member to adjustably hold a strap threaded into the buckle frame; and to provide in a common plane an integral wire button loop and buckle frame providing associated loops for the threading therein of a strap engageable by a toothed member pivotally carried by the buckle frame and having a tab engageable with the frame to limit the pivotal movement. With these and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel constructions, to be hereinafter described or claimed, for carrying out the above stated objects and such other objects as may hereinafter be made to appear.

For a clear understanding of the character of the invention, reference is made to one i1- lustrative device embodying the novel features herein disclosed and illustrated by the accompanying drawing in which the Figure 1 is an upright elevation of the device illustrating certain parts, otherwise obscure from view, in dotted lines; and the Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device illustrating in dotted lines a strap threaded therein, the Figures 3 and 4: being upright front and side I elevations of a modification of the pivotal clamping member.

The device as illustrated by the Figures 1 and 2 is made chiefiy of wire in one piece, a middle portion of which is bent to form the button retaining loop 1 and the button receiving loop 2 intercommunicable by means of the contracted throat 3 and providing the button loop portion 4: of the wire structure, the remaining portions of the wire being then relatively bent outwardly into the longitudi- STATES PATENT oF FwE ROBERT J. I-IOIDGE, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGIIOR TO THE AMERiCAN CONNECTICUT, A 'COREORATION OF CON- LOOP BUCKLE 1930. Serial No. 470,991.

nally aligned sections 5 and 6, the outer ends of the sections 5 and 6 being bent upwardly and then inwardly to provide the relatively aligned sections 7 and 8 substantially completing the loop 9, each of the sections 7 and 8 being turned back upon itself in the plane of the device to complete the intermediate bar portions 10 and 11 relatively spaced, the wire ends being then bent upwardly'and inwardly to provide the longitudinally aligned sections 12 and 13, the tips of the sections 12 and 13 being bent downwardly Within the plane ofthedevice and within the loop 14: thus formed and associated with the loop 9 to provide the buckle frame portion 15 of'the wire structure having the spaced rigid teeth 16 and 17. The clamping member 18 is made of sheet metal pivotally mounted upon the aligned sections 12 and 13 of the buckle frame portion 15, the member 18 having a front display portion 19, including the tab 20 engageable against the intermediate and spaced bar sections 10 and 11 of the buckle frame portion 15, as illustrated by the Figure 1, or against a strap 2lthreaded into the buckle frame portion 15, as illustrated by the F igure 2, the clamping member 18 also having the rear toothed sections 22, 23, and 24, divided by the slots and 26 for the accommodation of the rigid teeth 16 and 17 of the buckle frame portion 15 as the clamping member is pivotally moved.

In use, the strap 21 being threaded into the buckle frame portion 15, as illustrated in dotted lines by the Figure 2, the clamping member 18 may be pivotally positioned so that; the toothed sections 22, 23, and 2 1, radially extend therefrom on one side of the plane of the device opposite to that side oftheplane against which the tab 20 rests to limit the further pivotal movement of the clamping member 18 in its holding engagement against the upward pulling strain of the strap engaged by the toothed sections 22, 23, and 24, the rigid teeth 16 and 17 of the buckle frame portion l5-cooperating to maintain an adjust-f able grip upon the strap.

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tegral portions of button loop and buckle frame 4 and 15, respectively, in precisely the same manner as in the preferred form. In the modified form the toothed sections 22A, 23A, and 24A are provided by the display portion 19A adjacent the off-set tab 20A and pivotally movable into alignment with the center line 27, illustrated by dotted line in the Figure 4, the tab 20A and the toothed sections 22A, 23A, and 24A being relatively off-set so that the engagement of the tab 20A against the buckle frame 15 prevents further pivotal movement of the buckle member 18A beyond its aligned position, the slots 25A and 26A provided by the display portion 19A permitting the aligned position regardless of the rigid teeth 16 and 17. In use, the modified form of the device is substantially identical with the preferred form, the rigid teeth 16 and 17 cooperating with the pivotally moved toothed sections 22A, 23A, and 24A to maintain and adjustably hold the strap threaded into the buckle frame portion.

- I claim:

1. A loop buckle comprising a one-piece wire structure providing in one plane a clamping frame, to receive a strap threaded therein, and a button loop, the frame and the loop each having axially associated loops, the wire ends being aligned to provide top bar sections and the wire tips being bent inwardly within said plane to provide the wire ends with strap-engaging teeth positioned within the adjacent loop; a clamping member pivotally mounted upon the aligned wire ends and having a frontal display portion and rear toothed portions movable from one side of said plane into and through the adjacent loop; and a tab rigidly carried by the frontal display portion and engageable against the threaded strap to limit the pivotal movement of the clamping member.

2. A loop buckle comprising a one-piece wire structure providing in one plane a clamping frame, to receive a strap threaded therein, and a button loop, the frame and the loop each having axially associated loops, the wire ends being aligned to provide top bar portions and the wire tips being bent inwardly within said plane to provide the wire ends with strap-engaging teeth positioned within the adjacent loop; a clamping member pivotally mounted upon the aligned wire ends and having a frontal display por tion and rear toothed portions movable from one side of said plane into the toothed loop to cooperate with said rigid teeth in strap engagement; and a tab rigidly carried by the frontal display portion and engageable against the strap, threaded into the clamping frame, to limit the pivotal movement of the clamping member.

3. A loop buckle comprising a wire structure providing in one plane a clamping frame, to receive a strap threaded therein, and a button loop, the frame and the loop each having axially associated loops, wire ends being ali 'ned to provide top bar sections and the tips of said wire ends being bent inwardly within said plane to provide the wire ends with strap-engaging teeth positioned Within the adjacent loop; a clamping member pivotally mounted upon the aligned wire ends and having a frontal display portion and rear toothed portions movable from one side of said plane into and through the adjacent loop; and a tab rigidly carried by the frontal display portion and engageable against the threaded strap to limit the pivotal movement of the clamping member.

4. A loop buckle comprising a wire structure, providing in one plane a clamping frame, to receive a strap threaded therein, and a button loop, the frame and the loop each having axially associated loops, the upper loop of the clamping frame being provided with strap-engaging teeth positioned therein; a clamping member pivotally mounted upon the clamping frame and having a frontal display portion and rear toothed portions movable from one side of said plane into and through the upper loop; and a tab rigidly carried by the frontal display portion and engageable with the threaded strap to limit the pivotal movement of the clamping member.

ROBERT J. HODGE. 

